Then and Than?!

[onoffon]

Mar 16, 2009, 2:46am, orest wrote:But it don't (this is what I don't understand, how can you write it don't? shouldn't it be it doesn't?, like Michael Jackson is singing: It don't matter if you're black or white..?) mean the same thing anyway.Orest -This falls into the category of 'rules are made to be broken'. If you have ever taken a traditional music harmony class, the professor tells you that you learn the formal structure first before you find creative ways to break those rules.When an incorrect word is used in literature or lyrics, it's usage is referred to as "poetic license" - meaning the author knows it's wrong, they are just taking license to use it that way for the good of the piece they are writing.I feel much the same way about the formulae the music industry tries to feed us about writing music so it will be successful. If this were true, all songs would sound the same. But, those of us who have original thought processes, must by nature create compositions that define themselves as unique artists and not one of the herd.IMHO...

[tedsingingfox]

Mar 15, 2009, 5:01am, byllsong wrote:We have different spellingCenter/Labor/Color/Neighbor...American Centre/Labour/Colour/Neighbour...EnglishWe have English English, American English, Jamaican English and our own version of Bahamian English. Then we have to deal with tenses, genders, pronouns, conjunctions, prepositions...ugh! And let's not forget those oh-so-risque dangling participles...

[tedsingingfox]

Mar 16, 2009, 6:19am, matthoggard wrote:And if your ever in my neck of the woods, (my area)Ya'll: meaning you all. When speaking to 2 or more people. "how are ya'll doing"?Just a few examples of "proper" English. Matt!!! What's the matter with you? Don't you know how to spell?Y'all is spelled "Y'all", NOT "ya'll"...Tsk, tsk, tsk...I thought we were trying to HELP, not further confuse.

[matthoggard]

Mar 16, 2009, 7:06am, jmeraz wrote:Mar 16, 2009, 6:19am, matthoggard wrote:Ya'll: meaning you all. When speaking to 2 or more people. "how are ya'll doing"?Yes, sometimes. I'm also in OKC, Matt, and some around here use "y'all" for 2nd person singular (instead of singular "you").So what's the 2nd person plural? Why it's "all y'all", of course! Well I hope all y'alls is takin and lernin yall some more gooder english. Thanks Jonathon, I had forgotten about that usage.Where are you in OKC? we should hook up sometime.M~

[orest]

MAN, You made me laugh! Mar 16, 2009, 4:01am, reasondemon wrote:Lagom.. yea... sounds like a good name for a Heavy Metal Band... hahahah! ^_^ LagomicA! lml (+L+) lmlYes, I almost understood that about Jacksons tune.. It don't matter..Try to sing "It doesn't matter.."Slippery...

[mojobone]

Try this one, "It doesn't mean a thing if it hasn't any swing." -That would be the grammatically correct way to express, "It don't mean a thing, if it ain't got that swing.', but I think you'll agree it loses something in translation.

[mewman]

Or...Is you is, or is you ain't my baby!

[mojobone]

I loves you, Porgy!

[claire]

and we won't even get into the difference between "you and I" and "you and me"...

[mewman]

I gotta way with women, but someone got away with mine!